Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.835956 Arranged by Colleen Adent. Christmas,Concert,Jazz,Standards. Score. 7 pages. Colleen Adent #6114093. Published by Colleen Adent (A0.835956). This modern arrangement of What Child Is This explores the carol through a combination of refreshing jazzy sounds and dramatic piano writing. At the early advanced level, the piece begins with a mysterious, quiet introduction, which transitions into a syncopated rhythm that accompanies the first entrance of the melody, played by the right hand in expressive sixths. Throughout the arrangement, the melody undergoes a series of variations, with sixteenth-note decorations eventually spilling into a faster and pianistic section, which then leads toward a powerful climax with glorious octaves in the melody, rich bass notes, and triumphant inner voices. The music then fades away as quietly as it began-creating a musical journey that begins and ends with the hushed anticipation of the brilliant joys of the Christmas miracle to come.
